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The book: the life story of a technology

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Greenwood technographies, 1549-7321Publication details: 2009 John Hopkins University Press BaltimoreDescription: xiv, 171 pISBN:
  • 9780801893117
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 002.09 H6B6
Summary: The book is arguably the one technology that has made all others possible... What Howard does is provide an exceedingly accessible retelling of the book's life story, one that shows precisely how books represent a peak of technology, giving permanence and form to ideas and relevance and resonance to their readers. (http://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/ecom/MasterServlet/GetItemDetailsHandler?iN=9780801893117&qty=1&source=2&viewMode=3&loggedIN=false&JavaScript=y)
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The book is arguably the one technology that has made all others possible... What Howard does is provide an exceedingly accessible retelling of the book's life story, one that shows precisely how books represent a peak of technology, giving permanence and form to ideas and relevance and resonance to their readers. (http://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/ecom/MasterServlet/GetItemDetailsHandler?iN=9780801893117&qty=1&source=2&viewMode=3&loggedIN=false&JavaScript=y)

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